Chapter 889
Seeing the ball bounced on the goal post and flew into the goal net, Chen Yu jumped up from the turf and ran to the stands quickly. He waved his fists hard at the fans in the stands and let out a roar.
This is at Blackburn's home court. Although Chen Yu did not make such a celebration to the home team fans, his exaggerated way still made Blackburn's fans very angry. Blackburn's fans are as fierce as his players. They almost booed Chen Yu in unison, and many fans even threw debris down hard.
It can be seen that Chen Yu really wants to win today and is in good spirits. It turns out that he rarely cares about his opponent's fans, but today he raised two fingers at the Blackburn fans disdainfully and made a victory gesture.
This made Blackburn fans even more angry and booed louder, and Chen never stopped booing when he got the ball.
The Liverpool players did not expect to score a goal at all. It seemed that they had just begun and it was not the end, but suddenly they scored the goal. The Liverpool players forgot to celebrate the first time and were stunned there. It was not until the cheers of fans sounded in the stands that they woke them up.
"Chen Yu!"
"List!"
"You are so awesome!"
"It's so awesome!"
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Liverpool players rushed to the stands and hugged Chen Yu tightly. The excitement and excitement in their hearts were comparable to their own goals.
Gerald blocked Chen Yu's shoulder and said, "Why did you ejaculate?"
Chen Yu smiled and said, "If you don't ejaculate, you won't have a chance. I just tried it, but I didn't expect it to go in."
Gerald couldn't help but shake his head and said, "I'm so lucky. Even I dare not shoot at that position."
Chen Yu smiled and said, "I feel lucky too. Gerald, you should also shoot a few more to find the feeling."
Gerald shrugged and said, "This is not easy to find. The opponent this time is not easy. We need to continue working hard in the second half."
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Our efforts alone are not enough, but our opponents still need to cooperate."
Gerald laughed and said, "It's okay, if the opponent doesn't cooperate, we have to fight them."
In the commentator seat on the sidelines, Chinese commentator Duan Xuan had already started to cheer, just like a fan, "Ah! Damn! He actually entered! Chen Yu! Awesome! Awesome Chen Yu! This is really not ordinary awesome! I guess Blackburn goalkeeper Friedel was fooled. He could score such a ball. Except for God standing in front of the goal, everyone else will be given for nothing! Chen Yu, you are really proud of the Chinese people! Now, including me, I am very eager to see you play for the Chinese team, either for anything else, or to see what the Chinese team will look like after you join."
Richard, the commentator of "Sky Sports", who is responsible for the live broadcast today, is in a very complicated mood. He is an extreme admirer of English football. He looks down on Chinese players very much. Sun Hai was criticized by him when he was in Manchester City. Chen Yu was extremely disliked when he first came, but now Chen Yu's performance really makes him look at him. Faced with such a goal, Richard sighed helplessly: "It's such an incredible goal! Chen showed his football skills beyond human race! This is not something a Chinese player can do. Today he is definitely possessed by God!"
Blackburn coach Mark Hughes stomped his feet in a hurry. He admired and feared Chen Yu. If Chen Yu was a Blackburn player, Mark Hughes would definitely rush into the court to hug him, but now Mark Hughes wishes he could kill Chen Yu with a pistol. This Chinese is too terrifying. With such a person in Liverpool, Mark Hughes can't see any hope of winning, but this is Blackburn's home court. Even if he must lose, he must not lose. Otherwise, if he is abandoned by his fans, it will be difficult to play in the future.
"Attack and attack! Press up! Press up!"
Mark Hughes shouted at his players and asked the players to attack. Regardless of the victory or defeat, Blackburn could not lose this courage. Blackburn was not strong and there were not many stars. Their ability to achieve such a result was due to this fighting spirit of never giving up and the courage to not fear strong enemies.
In fact, it doesn't take Mark Hughes to say that Blackburn's players are crazily pressing on the offense. This bloodiness has grown in their blood. No matter what kind of opponent he faces, he is thinking about defeating them.
Blackburn's offense is not smooth and has no mature routines. He is in the middle of the wing. Sometimes he uses the stars' personal abilities to get offensive opportunities. However, with the efforts of all the players as bloody as possible, the offensive should not be underestimated. Although Liverpool was not beaten to the point of being distracted, he could only avoid its edge first, retreat step by step to the half, waiting for the end of the first half.
Blackburn got a chance to shoot continuously. In the 43rd minute, Pedelson and Santa Cruz headed the ball continuously, and Bentley's left-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area hit the outside of the right post and bounced out.
This was the most threatening shot in Blackburn in the first half. Seeing the ball popping up on the post, Blackburn fans sighed in unison. They all thought the ball had entered, but unfortunately their luck was not with them.
Then Blackburn continued to attack Liverpool's goal, but because of the goal post just now, Blackburn's players were a little impatient and were calm when shooting. They couldn't even create a good opportunity like hitting the goal post. In the end, they could only end the first half with a 0:1 disadvantage.
Then the first half ended, and the players from both sides returned to the locker room to rest.
Since both sides have relatively strong technical and tactical styles, although there were not many exciting scenes in the first half, they were very nervous and intense. The attention and spirit of the fans have been firmly attracted to the game. Now at the halftime of the game, the fans just went to the bathroom to replenish some water, bought some snacks, and waited for the more intense second half to start.
The halftime break passed quickly, and players from both sides walked out of the locker room. Neither Mark Hughes nor Benitez adjusted the starting lineup. They still played the second half with the original team.
Although the personnel have not changed, the Liverpool players' positions have changed a little from the first half. Their midfield positions have become diamonds, and Gerrard returns to the front midfield position where he relies on to become famous.
Such a change is obviously because Liverpool played too passively in the second half of the first half, Benitez hopes that Gerrard can do more goals for Chen Yu after returning to the frontcourt and give full play to Chen Yu's finishing ability.
Benitez set up a strange approach to pairing a double-sided forward with a double-sided forward. The front midfielder was not set up, so that Chen Yu could flexibly retreat to the front midfielder position, attacking in front and defending. However, in a team dominated by offense, two back midfielders could jump out of the "back" and play an aggressive offensive posture. The scene might be better. If defense is mainly used, both sides would feel boring. Unfortunately, Benitez played this boring tactic. What's even more unlucky is that since Liverpool was restricted from the sidelines, Blackburn players in the middle could shrink and attack Chen Yu. After a while, Liverpool was at a disadvantage away.
Now that Benitez has brought Gerald back to the front midfielder, Chen Yu is fixed on the front line, with Gerald passing the shells to him behind him, and Kuyt beside him can also make a ball for him.
Benitez once said, "Kuyt is a surprising worker who has brought a lot to the team. Sooner or later he can enter the role of shooting and scoring." The worker's answer to Kuyt is a very standard, a kind of praise for the Dutch running, but as a striker, Kuyt's main responsibility is to score shots. This ability is not available. No matter how he can run, what people remember is the fainting shots in front of his goal flying out of bounds.
But Kuyt has the ability to do ball outside the penalty area and cannot be ignored. This requires a striker near the penalty area with a strong shooting ability, who can hit the goal with Kuyt. Such a candidate can only be Chen Yu. So when encountering Blackburn's fierce pressing, Benitez let Gerrard return to the front midfielder position and fixed Chen Yu in the center position.
Liverpool's fine-tuning against the game also changed the situation on the court. Because Chen Yu's ability to score was too strong, he stood in the middle of the penalty area, and the two central defenders of Blackburn did not dare to move forward half a step, and Blackburn's back midfielder had to shrink and suppress Chen Yu's activity space, otherwise even the two central defenders might not be able to defend Chen Yu, because Gerald could insert it at any time. If Blackburn's back midfielder's front pressure and assist could not come back, Gerald and Chen Yu formed a two-on-two situation, which would be a nightmare for Blackburn.
Blackburn's midfielder and two central defenders were nailed to death, and their offensive ability in the middle was almost completely frozen and they could only rely on the side attack. However, Liverpool's wing was suppressed by Blackburn in the first half, and Reiser and Finnan were both very annoyed. Now they performed very strongly and completely gained the upper hand against Blackburn's two wings.
Blackburn coach Mark Hughes soon discovered this problem, and his face immediately became serious. If this situation continues, with Liverpool's attacking power, it will be difficult for Blackburn to defend his goal. If Liverpool scores another goal, Blackburn will definitely lose today.
"No! You must change your tactical style, or you will lose!" Mark Hughes made a decision quickly. He replaced Nelson and replaced midfielder Tu Gai, who asked Tu Gai to specifically guard Chen Yu.
At the beginning, Mark Hughes didn't want to use the man-tagging tactic. That's because Chen Yu's range of activities was too large and he couldn't defend it at all. He destroyed the formation in vain. However, now Chen Yu is fixed in the middle of the penalty area. Chen Yu can be defended by such a man-tagging player because what the man-tagging player has to do is not to prevent Chen Badminton from getting the ball, but to delay the time when Chen Badminton took the ball. Chen Yu is in the middle. Even if it is delayed for one second or two seconds, other players can immediately double-team the Chen Yu to defend, making Chen Yu unable to break through and shoot.
Mark Hughes' tactical response was very timely. After the picture covered, Chen Yu was quickly frozen. Blackburn's midfielder and backcourt players quickly became active, and the attack in the middle improved again. Driven by the middle, the wing also began to be active, and the entire Blackburn became alive.
In the 52nd minute of the game, Santa Cruz headed the ball in the middle, and Blackburn's midfielder Dunn quickly followed up and shot with his left foot 25 yards away from the goal. The ball hit the bottom edge of the crossbar and bounced out.
Although Dunn's shot did not score, it once again aroused the morale of Blackburn players. Then the Blackburn players opened the climax of counterattacking with the cheering of fans all over the court.
In the 54th minute, Pedelson made a quick cross from the left, Samba shot from 16 yards from the far point, but Riserfen ignored his body and blocked the ball out of the baseline.
Bentley then took a corner kick from the right, and McCarthy headed the ball from 12 yards under Santa Cruz's cover.
In the 58th minute, Santa Cruz and McCarthy played a two-over-two cooperation. Santa Cruz quickly penetrated into the penalty area. Carragher had no choice but to pull down Santa Cruz. He was warned by a yellow card. Blackburn got a free kick, but McCarthy's free kick hit the wall and bounced out.
In the 65th minute, Liverpool finally got a chance to counterattack. Kuyt then Chen Yu passed the ball and got rid of Dunn on the right and cut into the penalty area directly, but he missed the best pass opportunity. Chen Yu ran past the front point, Gerald did not follow, and the ball Friedel confiscated.
In the 70th minute, Benitez saw that Blackburn's offensive became more and more powerful, so he replaced the young Babel with Cowell to strengthen his control over the game.
Although Liverpool's attack power has improved after replacing Cowell and Chen Yu's threat has not weakened, there is not much time left. At this time, Blackburn didn't care about defense and attacked with all his strength.
In the 75th minute, Bentley took a corner kick from the right, Santa Cruz headed the ball from a distance, goalkeeper Reina was already empty, but Blackburn defender Oyer's shot from 6 yards was blocked by Carragher again with his legs.
Bentley then took a corner kick from the left, and Santa Cruz got another shot. He headed the ball slightly higher at 6 yards in the front point. In the 79th minute, Emerton missed the long-range shot.
In the 82nd minute, Benitez saw Santa Cruz ravaging Liverpool's penalty area, and he had to replace Kuyt with Crouch to strengthen air defense. This substitution also means that Liverpool is ready to strengthen defense and defend a 1:0 score.
However, the more prepared he was to defend, the better Liverpool got a good chance to score. In the 87th minute, Chen Yu faced Blackburn's defender's close-fitting defense and passed the heels. Gerrard quickly broke out and shot 14 yards from the left side of the penalty area, but was saved by Friedel.
In the 90th minute, Riser took a corner kick from the left, Crouch headed the ball from 10 yards, and Blackburn goalkeeper Friedel had no choice, but the ball was blocked by defender Oyer on the goal line.
At this time, the fourth official signaled to stoppage time for 4 minutes.
This was the last four minutes, and Blackburn launched the final crazy counterattack.
In the 91st minute, McCarthy passed the ball, and Dunn missed the left post from 30 yards. In the 93rd minute, Santa Cruz headed the ball, and McCarthy's powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area was saved by Friedel.
Chapter completed!